MANCHESTER, NH – The Manchester Police Department’s Special Enforcement Division initiated an operation utilizing funds from the opioid reduction grant as part of the ongoing Granite Shield enforcement to rid the city of those dealing and/or using drugs within Queen City limits.
The operation took place throughout the city on May 2, beginning with a sweep by members of the Street Crime Unit and Special Investigations Unit at 93 Laurel Street. There they rounded up nine people and executed a search warrant.
Police originally knocked on the door of 93 Laurel St. in an attempt to locate a wanted subject who ended up not being home. However, one of the persons in the residence, later identified as Darius Weekly, 24, of Manchester, attempted to escape by climbing out of a second story window while another was arrested inside of the home.
Unfortunately for Weekly, several officers were in the rear of the address when he attempted to evade capture by climbing out of the window, so he was taken into custody without incident. Weekly was charged with resisting arrest/detention and released on $1,000 personal recognizance bail. He is scheduled to appear in the 9th Circuit Court-Manchester on May 6, 2018.
Officers executed a search warrant inside of the Laurel Street apartment and seized the following; 301 Xanax pills (street value $4,500), 339 Oxycodone (street value $10,000), 40.5 grams marijuana (street value $500) 5.3 grams fentanyl (street value $500), 5.9 grams cocaine (street value $1,200), along with scales used to weigh the drugs, packaging materials and cutting agents. They also recovered a stolen .45 caliber handgun, which was reported stolen from a Melrose Street home earlier in the year.
They arrested Felix Melo, 27 of 93 Laurel Street #2 inside of the Laurel Street apartment and charged him with receiving stolen property once they discovered the handgun was stolen. Melo is scheduled to appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on May 3, 2018.
They also arrested Dean Legendre, 61 year-old of Manchester, around 11:10 a.m. yesterday in the area of Hall Street and Dix Street during a motor vehicle stop. Prior to the stop, Legendre dropped off his passenger, Arien Nicholson, 38 of Manchester, near the Silver Street Towers. Legendre was in possession of crack cocaine, so he was charged with possession of controlled drug. He was released on $2,500.00 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on May 17, 2018.
Nicholson ran from the officers when they made contact with him. He was arrested and charged with resisting arrest/detention and sale of a controlled drug after the officers determined he sold crack cocaine to Legendre prior to exiting Legendre’s vehicle. Nicholson had over $2,000 cash at the time of the arrest and is scheduled to appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North later today.
They arrested the following subjects on warrants; Dennis Wyman, 47, Steven Judkins, 38, Jennifer Dupont, 38, and Jeanne Call, 46, all of Manchester. The individuals were picked up at various locations throughout the city on May 2, 2018.
Dupont, Wyman and Judkins were wanted for sale of controlled drug while Call was wanted on a capias out of Hillsborough County (non-appearance). They also located and arrested Richard Feliciano, 28, last night. Feliciano, Dupont and Nicholson will appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on Thursday.
Judkins was released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on June 6, 2018.
Wyman was released on $10,000 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on May 17, 2018.
